This funny and heartwarming sequel to Ungifted, which has become a word-of-mouth hit, cleverly sends up our ideas about intelligence, heroism, and popularity.
Donovan Curtis has never been what anyone would call āgifted.ā But his genius friend Noah Youkilis is actually supergifted, with one of the highest IQs around. After years at the Academy for Scholastic Distinction, all Noah dreams of is the opportunity to fail if he wants to. And heās landed in the perfect place to do itāDonovanās school.
Almost immediately, Noah finds himself on the wrong side of cheerleading captain Megan Mercury and alpha jock Hash āHashtagā Taggart. Sticking up for Noah lands Donovan in the middle of a huge feud with Hashtag. Heās told to stay away from the sports starāor else.
That should be the end of it, but when a freak incident suddenly makes Donovan a hero, he canāt tell anyone about it since Hashtag is involved. So Noah steps in and becomes āSuperkid.ā Now heās gone from nerd to titan at school. And it may have gone more than a little bit to his head.